I’ve used https://hypothes.is for taking notes on sites that don’t necessarily support that, mostly to share with others. It might be easier than the Google Docs approach.
I’m reluctant to trust personal notes with third parties. They might get leaked or lost or paywalled. I’d be more willing to copy articles into something like Joplin than Google Docs. Public comments at least get archived by archive.org, and weren’t supposed to be private to begin with.
I do like the idea of being able to DM an author with context. I’d probably use it for things like pointing out spelling or grammar mistakes. I’m reluctant to make public comments about those things, because I don’t want to embarrass the author, or seem like I’m trying to steal status points, but as an author, I’d prefer to correct such things in my own posts, and would find them faster if they were pointed out. The potential for abuse seems not really worse than the existing DM system.
I’ve used https://hypothes.is for taking notes on sites that don’t necessarily support that, mostly to share with others. It might be easier than the Google Docs approach.
I’m reluctant to trust personal notes with third parties. They might get leaked or lost or paywalled. I’d be more willing to copy articles into something like Joplin than Google Docs. Public comments at least get archived by archive.org, and weren’t supposed to be private to begin with.
I do like the idea of being able to DM an author with context. I’d probably use it for things like pointing out spelling or grammar mistakes. I’m reluctant to make public comments about those things, because I don’t want to embarrass the author, or seem like I’m trying to steal status points, but as an author, I’d prefer to correct such things in my own posts, and would find them faster if they were pointed out. The potential for abuse seems not really worse than the existing DM system.